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When you are ready to place a football bet you need to have an understanding of the betting odds. Let's take a basic look at exactly what each number on the football betting line means. Let's begin with the basics of the betting odds that you will see when you bet football. When you bet NFL and college football you will see odds for a side, a total, and a money line. An example would look like this:

101 Dallas Cowboys 35

102 New York Giants - 6

The game number is always listed next to the team name on the left. That number is used to identify your team when making the bet. It is called a rotation number. The team on the top is the road team while the bottom team is the home team. The top number next to the Dallas Cowboys is called the total. That is the total amount of points expected to be scored by both teams in the game. If you think a lot of points will be scored you would bet over that total. If you think it will be low scoring, you bet under the number of 35. The number next to New York is the amount of points that the Giants are favored by. If you like New York to win the game, you lay 6 points and must beat the Cowboys by more than 6 to collect on the bet. If the Giants win by exactly 6 points your bet ends in a tie, commonly referred to as a push, and you get your money back. If you bet the Cowboys in the game, you get those six points. The standard amount of a wager is 110 for 100. That means you are risking $110 for every $100 you want to win. In dollar terms it is $1.10 for every $1.00 you want to win. For example, you take the Giants in the game, minus the 6 points. If they don't win by more than 6 you lose your 110 dollars. If you had the Cowboys, you would win the 100 dollars in addition to getting your initial wager of $110 back. When you bet football it is easy to bet 10% more than the amount you want to win. For example, you risk 110-100, 220-200, 550-500, etc. If you win the bet, you win that amount and get your risk back. If you lose the bet, it costs you that extra 10 percent. This 110-100 also applies to when you bet totals.

You can also bet the moneyline in the NFL and on selected college football games. The moneyline bet has no pointspread and you are betting on the team to win the game outright with no points involved. It looks like this: 101 Dallas Cowboys 35 +200

102 New York Giants -6 -240

So if you like the Giants you lay $240 dollars to win $100. If you like the Cowboys you risk $100 to win $200 dollars.

In addition to the full game bet you will also see halftime betting available and it is treated just like a full game, except that the bet is only for the second half. Those are the basic odds for betting football and should give you a good idea of what to expect.

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